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To access Jetpack themes, the first step is to go to your admin dashboard and on the left click “Appearance”. You should load onto the themes page automatically and, if Jetpack is activated properly, you’ll see a button at the very top saying “Browse Jetpack Themes”. Click it.

You’ll then be taken to WordPress’ theme page where you can search for themes. There are hundreds of different options so you’ll have a wide variety to choose from! The next step I would take is to choose whether I want a free theme or a paid theme. You’ll find that option near the top of the page.

There aren’t a lot of differences between free and paid themes. However, paid themes do tend to have better features, be more unique (most people go with free themes), have better support, and be more stable. That’s not to say that every free theme out there is overused or buggy, but there is a higher likelihood!

From there, simply pick a theme you like and download it! In the WordPress admin dashboard go back to the Appearance page where you started and click “Add New Theme” at the top or near the bottom.

Click “Upload Theme”, choose the file you just downloaded and click “Install Now”.

Finally, you can choose to either preview the theme or activate it. You can always come back to the Appearance section to activate the theme at a later date if you choose not to now!

Install jetpack by going to Plugins > Add New
It should show first in the list but if not, search for Jetpack.
Click “Install Now”

After the install is finished, click Activate.

After reading the terms of service, choose to Set Up Jetpack or skip until later.

You’ll need to Set Up Jetpack if you want to use the features. Setting up Jetpack first involves connecting to wordpress.com so you’ll need your log in details for that. If you don’t have a wordpress.com account, you’ll need to make one.

You can either choose a paid plan or select to start with a free plan.
After you’re done connecting to wordpress.com, you’ll be brought back to your WordPress admin.

Choose whether you want to Activate Recommended Features or Skip and explore features. We recommend to Skip and explore.

We suggest not enabling site accelerator as your images will be stored externally and require contacting Jetpack in order to remove any.